Not Suitable for Reproduction: Chuck Stewart's Unearthed Photos of John Coltrane During 'A Love Supreme' Recording Sessions Surface on NPR

Photographer Chuck Stewart approached his assignments much like any other photographer, and those unpublished documents that record companies decided not to print would never see the light of day.

His son, David, recently scrolled through the more elder of his father's collection's to discover and undeveloped roll--or six--from December 1954. They were of none other than the famous saxophonoist John Coltrane at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (give it up for the underappreciated Garden State, producer of some of the most famous artists of all time).

The record being tracked would be none other than the cornerstone LP of 20th-centruy jazz and popular music: A Love Supreme.